Ole Miss: No penalties after playing ineligible player

5:43 PM,
Jul. 9, 2013

Hugh Freeze's Ole Miss Rebels played an ineligible player in six games last season.

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Hugh Kellenberg
Gannett

OXFORD, Miss.- Ole Miss cornerback Carlos Davis played in six games last fall while academically ineligible to do so.

As a result, Davis will be forced to sit out six games of the 2013 season while also missing select practice time, an Ole Miss spokesman confirmed Tuesday.

Ole Miss has self-reported an NCAA violation after a freshman walk-on played in six games last fall while, without the school's knowledge, the ACT was reviewing his test scores. The testing center ultimately canceled those scores, making Davis a nonqualifier and ineligible for competition while potentially exposing Ole ...